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Amazon DynamoDB vs MongoDB Enterprise Advanced comparison

 

Comparison Buyer's Guide

Executive SummaryUpdated on Feb 8, 2026

Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

ROI

Sentiment score
5.0
Amazon DynamoDB offers strong ROI with reliable scalability, though usage costs and integration affect overall financial outcomes.
Sentiment score
5.0
Users report varied ROI from MongoDB Enterprise Advanced, with some benefiting and others finding measurement difficult, considering alternatives.
AWS makes money from Amazon DynamoDB, and our involvement is more about professional services engagement.
Senior Business Solutions Consultant at Conn3ct
Actually, with MongoDB, it's difficult to calculate the return on investment; it's too expensive for our use.
Architecte Cloud at Visiativ SA
I would say we see value in money and return on investment with MongoDB Enterprise Advanced.
Co-Founder at Vsigma IT Labs Pvt Ltd
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
6.9
Amazon DynamoDB support is generally effective, but experiences show varying efficiency and communication, with paid support offering faster responses.
Sentiment score
6.2
MongoDB Enterprise Advanced offers prompt support for paid users, while Community Edition relies on self-help and community resources.
They follow up on support tickets until the issue is resolved.
Sales Director for West Africa at Atomic Computing
Sometimes we cannot connect with the correct team to resolve issues.
Lead SRE at JavaTech
Technical support is quite good, with a rating of eight out of ten.
Senior Business Solutions Consultant at Conn3ct
We have received fairly good support whenever we reached out to the technical teams; they were prompt.
Co-Founder at Vsigma IT Labs Pvt Ltd
I think they resolved it, but it was very long.
Software Engineer at Pioneer Dev AI
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
8.1
Amazon DynamoDB efficiently scales for varying demands, supporting both startups and enterprises with reliability, cost-effectiveness, and robust performance.
Sentiment score
7.5
MongoDB Enterprise Advanced is praised for its high scalability and adaptability, despite some limitations and cost implications.
Scalability is the most valuable feature, and I rate it a ten out of ten.
Senior Business Solutions Consultant at Conn3ct
I have seen improvements in performance after using Amazon DynamoDB as we have indexing, which makes retrieving data very fast.
Software engineer at ProminentPixel
Amazon DynamoDB is highly scalable.
Sales Director for West Africa at Atomic Computing
In CosmoDB, the scalability is much better than with the MongoDB ReplicaSet models.
Architecte Cloud at Visiativ SA
MongoDB is highly scalable.
Head Of Data Science at Mjunction Services
Overall, on a scale of one to ten, I would rate MongoDB an eight; it's mostly because we're still running a monolithic environment on old hardware, so there are some limitations with read-write access.
General Manager at Lytwave
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
8.2
Amazon DynamoDB is highly stable and reliable, offering automatic scaling and secure data management with point-in-time recovery.
Sentiment score
7.6
MongoDB Enterprise Advanced is generally stable, reliable for backups, though performance may vary; rated seven to nine in stability.
In cases where we accidentally deleted some records in the production environment, we were able to recover it thanks to point-in-time recovery.
Software engineer at ProminentPixel
I have not faced any issues with bugs or a breakdown in Amazon DynamoDB.
Sales Director for West Africa at Atomic Computing
It's pretty much stable; we have not faced any major challenges or difficulties with MongoDB Enterprise Advanced.
Co-Founder at Vsigma IT Labs Pvt Ltd
 

Room For Improvement

Users seek improvements in DynamoDB's documentation, interface, querying, cost management, integration, schema complexity, and encryption support.
MongoDB Enterprise Advanced can improve by enhancing security, support, integration, scalability, analytics, user interface, and mobile features.
The main area requiring attention is the cost aspect.
Lead SRE at JavaTech
To improve Amazon DynamoDB, the challenge I faced is that you cannot essentially query with anything that you want from the table.
Software Engineer 2 at Guidewire Software
We have query limits concerning how much we can query at one single time, which becomes expensive when dealing with a large dataset, such as when we had around 10 million rows, and scanning that table was very costly.
Software engineer at ProminentPixel
While solutions for other databases like SQL or PostgreSQL already exist, MongoDB requires additional integrations for developing AI solutions.
Head Of Data Science at Mjunction Services
We have not contracted the security options in our contract because they're too expensive; thus, we implement just encrypted databases and not the security pack.
Architecte Cloud at Visiativ SA
From the AWS standpoint, if robust integration and data warehouse integration specific tools are added in the advanced suite, that would definitely be helpful.
Co-Founder at Vsigma IT Labs Pvt Ltd
 

Setup Cost

Amazon DynamoDB offers competitive, usage-based pricing that can become expensive with increased data and transaction volumes.
MongoDB Enterprise Advanced offers cost-effective pricing with various editions and support, valued by small businesses for enterprise transition.
Amazon DynamoDB can be quite expensive due to regional differences, so I have to be careful with the pricing.
Sales Director for West Africa at Atomic Computing
We use the free version of MongoDB, so there are no licensing costs.
Head Of Data Science at Mjunction Services
We have to pay approximately 2,000 euros per month for MongoDB.
Architecte Cloud at Visiativ SA
For a small company, the cost of MongoDB Enterprise Advanced is reasonable, but for heavy data usage, we see a little bit of cost pressure but it's acceptable.
Co-Founder at Vsigma IT Labs Pvt Ltd
 

Valuable Features

Amazon DynamoDB offers scalability, speed, and ease with no maintenance, cost-effectiveness, high availability, and seamless AWS integration.
MongoDB Enterprise Advanced provides scalable, stable, and flexible data management with advanced analytics, NoSQL features, and comprehensive security.
The primary feature is constant availability without concerns about server maintenance or ensuring database uptime, as AWS manages everything from their end.
Lead SRE at JavaTech
The best features Amazon DynamoDB offers are its performance and Global Tables, which stand out because of their capabilities and speed.
Software Engineer 2 at Guidewire Software
Scalability has significantly enhanced data retrieval speeds.
Senior Business Solutions Consultant at Conn3ct
It offers flexibility in schema adaptation, allowing us to change the schema and add new data points.
Head Of Data Science at Mjunction Services
In ReplicaSet, it's acceptable, but if your workload needs more performance, and you must pass to a Sharding model, it becomes complicated in MongoDB; in Cosmos DB, however, it's simple.
Architecte Cloud at Visiativ SA
MongoDB has definitely helped us improve our network monitoring and reporting dashboard.
General Manager at Lytwave
 

Categories and Ranking

Amazon DynamoDB
Ranking in Managed NoSQL Databases
2nd
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.0
Number of Reviews
45
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
MongoDB Enterprise Advanced
Ranking in Managed NoSQL Databases
4th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
82
Ranking in other categories
Open Source Databases (5th), NoSQL Databases (1st)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2026, in the Managed NoSQL Databases category, the mindshare of Amazon DynamoDB is 10.4%, down from 16.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of MongoDB Enterprise Advanced is 10.8%, up from 6.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Managed NoSQL Databases Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Amazon DynamoDB10.4%
MongoDB Enterprise Advanced10.8%
Other78.8%
Managed NoSQL Databases
 

Featured Reviews

DG
Lead SRE at JavaTech
Has improved infrastructure availability and simplified integration through reliable cloud-based data management
Amazon DynamoDB is readily available, and we do not have to worry about downtime unless there is a global outage. From a cost perspective, it presents a challenge. The primary feature is constant availability without concerns about server maintenance or ensuring database uptime, as AWS manages everything from their end. We simply set up the database and allocate it to customers according to their requirements, making it an easy and smooth transition. Regarding security, being in the cloud provides numerous security features. Amazon DynamoDB operates at the backend within our three-tier architecture. We have front hosting, business logic or application server in the middle, and databases at the backend. Additionally, we implement security layers such as SSL, creating a highly secure environment. The solution has proven to be reliable thus far.
FG
Architecte Cloud at Visiativ SA
Offers reliable engine for legacy needs but requires enhanced cost management and AI features
While MongoDB is a good product, it is also an expensive product for support, and its scalability is acceptable, but the big problem with MongoDB is the cost. For security in MongoDB, we work with encrypted databases by default, but we have not contracted the security options in our contract because it is too expensive, so we only implement encrypted databases without the security pack, which is very expensive for us; in security, we are at the first steps, just using encrypted databases. I think additional features needed in MongoDB include perhaps vector databases, as I think they are not supported right now.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
18%
Construction Company
11%
Computer Software Company
10%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Financial Services Firm
16%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Computer Software Company
6%
University
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business24
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise19
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business36
Midsize Enterprise13
Large Enterprise39
 

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with Amazon DynamoDB?
In terms of improvement for Amazon DynamoDB, I can see that it supports a very good amount of querying, but if they can enhance that part by providing aggregation functions similar to SQL and other...
What is your primary use case for Amazon DynamoDB?
Amazon DynamoDB is primarily used for data storage since it is a non-structured database.A specific example of how I use Amazon DynamoDB for data storage in my work is that we use it in correlation...
What advice do you have for others considering Amazon DynamoDB?
My advice for others looking into using Amazon DynamoDB would be that it depends on the architecture needs and budget; if they aim for cost-efficiency, they should use Amazon DynamoDB, but if they ...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for MongoDB?
I think it depends on the provider. For example, on DigitalOcean, they have strict routing. You have to whitelist an IP address, or you risk getting DDoS. Then if you're going for the Atlas one tha...
What needs improvement with MongoDB?
I don't really have a deep dive into it, but I see that MongoDB Enterprise Advanced has RAG and Vertex support. However, we really didn't use it because I think one thing also is that Prisma, the O...
What is your primary use case for MongoDB?
A typical use case for MongoDB Enterprise Advanced is mostly for the database, storing our data.
 

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